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Definition 2024

流星

流星

Chinese

		to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (流星)		流	星

Noun

流星

meteor; shooting star

Derived terms

流星趕月／流星赶月
流星雨 (liúxīngyǔ)

眼若流星 (yǎnruòliúxīng)

See also

隕星／陨星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	星
りゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

流星 ‎(hiragana りゅうせい, romaji ryūsei)

meteor

Synonyms

流 (なが)れ星 (ぼし) ‎(nagareboshi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): liúxīng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ sing¹
Min Nan (POJ): liû-chheⁿ / liû-chhiⁿ / liû-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúxīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushing
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ sing¹
  - Yale: làuh sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ sing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liû-chheⁿ / liû-chhiⁿ / liû-seng
  - Tâi-lô: liû-tshenn / liû-tshinn / liû-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liuzhvef, liuchvy, liusefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /liu²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰẽ³³/, /liu²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ³³/, /liu²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu¹³⁻²² t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /liu¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /liu¹³⁻²² ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /liu²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu²³⁻³³ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /liu²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /liu²³⁻³³ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/